The Antiquities Ministry on Friday denied the collapse of any part of Qaitbay Citadel's wall in Rashid district of Behaira city.
A wall that collapsed earlier in the day has nothing to do with the ancient citadel, director general of the antiquities department in Lower Egypt and Sinai Ashraf Mahmoud told MENA.
In 1985, a citizen had illegally built a house and surrounded it with a wall in the archaeological area around the citadel, Mahmoud said. The house was removed but the wall was not, he noted.
He added that a part of the wall collapsed on Friday, killing a child.
The wall will be completely removed within the the next week, Mahmoud said.
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